The Cathedrals of Northern Spain / Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them

by Charles Rudy

OVIEDO

• See dedicated to the Mother and Child.
• Bishopric erected, 812; first bishop, Adulfo.
• Until XIIth century cathedral was a basilica; destroyed.
• Romanesque edifice erected in XIIth century; destroyed 1380.
• Present edifice begun 1380; completed 1550.
• XVth century ogival (French?).
• Decoration of the interior terminated XVIIth century.
• Tower and spire, XVIth century.
• Camara Santa dates from XIIth century; a remnant of the early Romanesque edifice.
• Total length, 218 feet; width, 72 feet.
• Height of nave, 65 feet; of aisles, 33 feet.
• Height of tower, 267 feet.
• Chief attractions: Flèche, decoration of the interior, rosaces in apse, Gothic retablo, cloister, Camara Santa.